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Caput Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Caput? [n] the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window" [n] a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Caput: head Related Terms \| Find terms related to Caput: See Also \| animal \| animate being \| arteria basilaris \| basilar artery \| beast \| body \| brain \| brute \| bulge \| bump \| creature \| ear \| encephalon \| excrescence \| external body part \| extrusion \| face \| fauna \| gibbosity \| gibbousness \| human face \| human head \| hump \| jut \| muzzle \| organic structure \| physical structure \| prominence \| protrusion \| protuberance \| skull \| temple Caput In Webster's Dictionary \Ca"put\ (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl. {Capita} (k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.] 1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum. 2. The top or superior part of a thing. 3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Your caputs and heads of colleges. --Lamb. {Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

Caput Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Caput?

[n] the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains; "he stuck his head out the window"
[n] a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure; "the caput humeri is the head of the humerus which fits into a cavity in the scapula"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Caput: head

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Caput In Webster's Dictionary

\Ca"put\ (k[=a]"p[u^]t), n.; pl. {Capita}
(k[a^]p"[i^]*t[.a]). [L., the head.]
1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or
   capitulum.

2. The top or superior part of a thing.

3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of
   Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

         Your caputs and heads of colleges.    --Lamb.

{Caput mortuum}. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum
   after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless
   residue.

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